| 1 | Throughout the whole of Holy Writ |
| | The saints in type are manifest |
| | As like a bride, God’s heart to please, |
| | And as a building for His rest. |
| 2 | The types and figures of the Church |
| | In the Old Testament are these: |
| | A building meet for life and rule, |
| | A bride the man to match and please. |
| 3 | God’s people in the ancient times |
| | Were called by God His very spouse; |
| | Among them and with them were built |
| | God’s ruling city and God’s house. |
| 4 | Incarnate God, the God-man, Christ, |
| | As Bridegroom for the Bride has come; |
| | With His own life He quickened her, |
| | That she His counterpart become. |
| 5 | In resurrection Christ doth now, |
| | As David’s Son, God’s temple build, |
| | That God may have a resting place |
| | And there accomplish all He willed. |
| 6 | The Church is thus the Bride of Christ, |
| | In whom His full delight doth rest; |
| | It is a dwelling place to God |
| | Where He may live and be expressed. |
| 7 | The new Jerusalem will be |
| | The full perfection ultimate |
| | Of all the types of house and bride, |
| | Th’ eternal plan to consummate. |
| 8 | It is the Bride which matches Christ, |
| | Thru whom He may Himself express; |
| | It is God’s tabernacle too |
| | In which our God can rule and rest. |
| 9 | The ultimate completion ‘tis |
| | Of God’s work in humanity, |
| | His full expression glorious |
| | Thru His redeemed eternally. |
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